Delaware_languages
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The Delaware languages, also known as the Lenape languages (Delaware: Lënapei èlixsuwakàn), are Munsee and Unami, two closely related languages of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family. Munsee and Unami were spoken aboriginally by the Lenape people in the vicinity of the modern New York City area in the United States, including western Long Island, Manhattan Island, Sta
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| Delaware | |
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| Lënapei èlixsuwakàn | |
| Geographic distribution | United States, in modern times Canada Around the lower Delaware and Hudson rivers in the United States; one or two Munsee speakers in Canada; Unami groups in Oklahoma |
Native speakers | 1 (2022, Munsee) Unami spoken as a second language by Native Americans of the Delaware Tribe of Indians |
| Linguistic classification | Algic
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 / 5 | del |
| ISO 639-3 | del |
| Glottolog | comm1246 |
 Map showing the aboriginal boundaries of Delaware territories, with Munsee territory and Unami dialectal divisions indicated | |
Look up "Delaware_languages" on WikipediaWikipedia Categories
- Lenape
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- Eastern Algonquian languages
- First Nations languages in Canada
- Native American history of Delaware
- Indigenous languages of Pennsylvania
- Native American history of New Jersey
- Native American history of New York (state)
- Vague or ambiguous geographic scope from July 2019
- Indigenous languages of the North American eastern woodlands
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